2026 World Cup knockout round TV schedule, game previews and results
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The round of 16 is nearly complete at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with tournament co-hosts U.S., Canada and Mexico already eliminated.
Two games remain in the round of 16 before the quarterfinals begin Thursday.
Here’s everything you need to know about the World Cup matches being played Tuesday and Thursday across the U.S., Mexico and Canada (all times Pacific).
Tuesday’s round of 16 matches
Argentina vs. Egypt
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Time: 9 a.m. PDT
TV: Fox, Telemundo
The buzz: Cape Verde, the No. 67 team in the world, pushed top-ranked Argentina, the defending World Cup champion, to the limit in the round of 32 before Diney Borges deflected in a corner kick for an own goal with nine minutes left in extra time. Lionel Messi opened the scoring with his 20th World Cup goal. It was his seventh goal in four games. Egypt made its way to the round of 16 by beating Australia on penalties. Egypt, the oldest African national team, had never won a World Cup game before this year. It’s unbeaten in this tournament and two of the four goals it gave up were own goals.
Switzerland vs. Colombia
Where: BC Place, Vancouver
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: Fox, Telemundo
The buzz: The Swiss have made the round of 16 in four straight World Cups but have gone no further since 1954, when they reached the quarterfinals. Their 2-0 win over Algeria in the round of 32 was their third victory in this tournament, the most the Swiss have ever won in a single World Cup. Colombia earned its passage into the round of 16 with a 1-0 win over stubborn Ghana. Colombia’s 79 shots ranked second in the tournament through the first two rounds and its 28 shots on target was tied for third, but only five of those shots found the back of the net. On the other end of the field, keeper Camilo Vargas has three straight clean sheets and a 390-minute scoreless streak.
Thursday’s quarterfinal match
France vs. Morocco
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: Fox, Telemundo
The buzz: France, bidding to make its third consecutive World Cup final, needed a penalty kick from Kylian Mbappé to dispatch stubborn Paraguay, a third-place team, in the round of 16. France has scored 16 times — Mbappé has seven of them, giving him 19 career World Cup goals — while goalkeeper Mike Maignan has conceded just two goals in five matches. Morocco, a semifinalist four years ago, advanced with a 3-0 win over Canada that ran its unbeaten streak to 34 games. Azzedine Ounahi scored twice in that game and is one of three Moroccan players with multiple goals. Morocco, a former French colony, has almost as many French-born players on its roster, six, as it does native Moroccans, seven.
